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Sunak’s Net Zero Rhetoric Is Further and Further From Reality
The UK prime minister argues that his country is doing so well on climate that it will continue to succeed in the future, even with weaker policies.
Rishi Sunak, UK prime minister, speaks at a news conference in Downing Street on Wednesday.
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak justified his controversial weakening of the UK’s climate policies by claiming that because the country has met its carbon emissions reduction goals in the past, it will continue to make progress even if it delays some formal targets.